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And the church spire cast a long reflection on the grave-yard grass.
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And the church spire cast a long reflection on the grave-yard grass.
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And the church spire cast a long reflection on the grave-yard grass.

Artist Mary Petty (American, 1899 - 1976)
Date1947
ClassificationsDrawing
MediumCrayon and ink
Dimensions7 1/4 × 8 1/8 in.
Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest
Object number1972.585
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Sounding one long melancholy chord, Tom drooped head upon his hands, and gave it up as hopeless.
Sounding one long melancholy chord, Tom drooped head upon his hands, and gave it up as hopeless.
Mary Petty
20th-century
On, on, on, over the countless miles of angry space roll the long heaving billows.
On, on, on, over the countless miles of angry space roll the long heaving billows.
Mary Petty
1947
And presently they saw some heights, and islands, and a long flat, straggling city.
And presently they saw some heights, and islands, and a long flat, straggling city.
Mary Petty
1947
Untitled (church congregation singing)
Untitled (church congregation singing)
Mary Petty
n.d.
"How long have you been wearing colored shirts?"
"How long have you been wearing colored shirts?"
Mary Petty
1930
New England Sunday (church congregation singing-"For God So Loved The World")
New England Sunday (church congregation singing-"For God So Loved The World")
Mary Petty
n.d.
In one thick solitary spot...among the last year's leaves of oak and beech...
In one thick solitary spot...among the last year's leaves of oak and beech...
Mary Petty
1947
"But what changes do you hint at? Has any death occurred?"
"But what changes do you hint at? Has any death occurred?"
Mary Petty
1947
"I am not angry. I am hurt, Mr. Chuzzlewit."
"I am not angry. I am hurt, Mr. Chuzzlewit."
Mary Petty
1947
"Come, Miss Pecksniff!...You may want a friend one day or another."
"Come, Miss Pecksniff!...You may want a friend one day or another."
Mary Petty
1947
"When I'm at all sharp set, as I am today, I come to him after I've taken the edge off my own hunger."
"When I'm at all sharp set, as I am today, I come to him after I've taken the edge off my own hunger."
Mary Petty
1947
"I was not born to be the toy and puppet of any man, far less his."
"I was not born to be the toy and puppet of any man, far less his."
Mary Petty
1947
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